EP 0980762 A2 20000223 - Print head transport mechanism
Title (en)
Print head transport mechanism
Title (de)
Druckkopf-Bewegungsmechanismus
Title (fr)
Mécanisme de transport d'une tête d'impression
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 9818025 A 19980818
Abstract (en)
A print head transport mechanism of a postage meter for printing postal indicia which are of greater height (46) than a printing height of a print head (22) comprises a carriage (10) to traverse the print head over a band of a print receiving area (24). The print head is mounted in a sub-carriage (26) mounted on the carriage and the sub-carriage is displaceable in the direction (25) of printing height of the print head. A rotatable element (28, 29, 30) connected between the sub-carriage and the carriage is operable to displace the sub-carriage. The element is provided with friction surfaces (37, 38) that engage with friction pads (33, 35) during traverse of the carriage to rotate the element and thereby displace the sub-carriage so that printing is effected in a first band (48) during traverse of the print head in one direction (13) and printing is effected in an adjacent band (49) during traverse of the print head in a second direction (14) opposite to said first direction. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B41J 2/51 (2006.01); B41J 19/14 (2006.01); G07B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B41J 19/14 (2013.01 - EP US); B41J 25/001 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 17/00508 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00532 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00637 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
CH DE FR GB LI
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0980762 A2 20000223; EP 0980762 A3 20010321; EP 0980762 B1 20031015; DE 69912047 D1 20031120; DE 69912047 T2 20040624; GB 9818025 D0 19981014; US 6478403 B1 20021112
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 99306489 A 19990817; DE 69912047 T 19990817; GB 9818025 A 19980818; US 37590299 A 19990817